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In reply to the discussion: Delay the Election? [View all]

mjvpi

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13. Maybe if two states.....
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:56 AM
Jul 2020

.....with lots of electoral votes and tools for governors, like Florida and Texas, refused to certify their vote, then the electoral total would never break the mandated threshold. I don’t know if the electoral votes needed resets if states don’t certify results. I think that the 12th amendment has some strange provision that then throws the election back to the House where each state gets one vote. The state legislature determines how that one vote is to be cast. Something like 30 states are controlled by Republicans thanks to years of gerrymandering.

Seems improbable that enough people would go along with it, but then I had been practicing saying Madame President.

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Delay the Election? [View all] NanceGreggs Jul 2020 OP
if he cancels the election altogether, who will stop him? rampartc Jul 2020 #1
How will he accomplish this? brooklynite Jul 2020 #4
It's already being talked about in Pennsylvania. gab13by13 Jul 2020 #12
Who is talking about that? obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #18
The question is really ... NanceGreggs Jul 2020 #5
Doesn't work that way dansolo Jul 2020 #10
Maybe if two states..... mjvpi Jul 2020 #13
None of this works the way you think it does obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #19
Thanks for the heads up. mjvpi Jul 2020 #24
I hope you are right because gab13by13 Jul 2020 #14
You keep claiming this, but this is not happening obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #20
Hey Donnie! How about you resign right now in protest? Girard442 Jul 2020 #2
ReTHUGs will be calling for him to step down in malaise Jul 2020 #3
He must believe his own hype that the economy will come roaring back soothsayer Jul 2020 #6
Donnie has built his entire life ... NanceGreggs Jul 2020 #8
Don't write Trump off nobody thought he could win doc03 Jul 2020 #7
And his rabid nut jobs ... NanceGreggs Jul 2020 #9
Thay can brandish their AR -15s The Wizard Jul 2020 #22
You know what is funny most of these Trump flags are on doc03 Jul 2020 #25
It Was 60:40 ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #26
If enough Publicans get on board, safeinOhio Jul 2020 #11
Is that like Charlie kicking the football a second time? gab13by13 Jul 2020 #15
I don't have my unabridged Minitrue pocket ... Whiskeytide Jul 2020 #16
He has to have a very good excuse. kentuck Jul 2020 #17
Would it be better if The Wizard Jul 2020 #21
Here we go again with this BS............. Bengus81 Jul 2020 #23
If They're Worried About COVID In The Fall... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #27
October resignation. Trump will quit before he is takes a beat down. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #28
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